NFLPA Said --VS--NFL/Owners Said

[DaCityKats]

Screw both sides.how can you not split $9 billion.

[teeray]

Just reading these two statements if proof enough in my eyes that the players had no intention of getting a deal done. The owners statement focused on what concessions they had made.

All the nflpa statement did was complain about what they didn't get. Where is the part where they were willing to meet halfway. Where were their comcessions? What did they offer? Did they provide a counter offer.

This is all about D- Smith trying to prove he is the bad boy on the block and he wants a BIG win in his first CBA. He is a dick and his arrogance is unbelievable.

End rant

[Delhommey]

Actually the Mara family didn't make Forbe's cut of richest owners...

Seahawks ---- Paul Allen --------- 13.5b

Buccaneers -- Malcolm Glazer --- 2.6b

Rams --------- Stanley Kroenke --- 2.6b

Cowboys ----- Jerry Jones -------- 2b

Patriots ------ Robert Kraft ------- 1.5b

Ravens ------- Steve Bisciotti ---- 1.5b

Texans ------- Robert McNair ----- 1.4b

Colts --------- Jim Irsay ---------- 1.4b

Falcons ------ Arthur Blank ------ 1.3b

Chargers ----- Alex Spanos ------- 1.1b

Redskins ----- Dan Snyder -------- 1.1b

Titans ------- Bud Adams --------- 1.1b

Eagles ------- Jeff Lurie ---------- 1b

Saints ------- Tom Benson ------ 1b

Looks like now we know why JR wants to get this done ASAP

Glazer got rich screwing over Manchester United. Paul Allen got rich screwing over the world.

[DaCityKats]

Obviously the NFLPA felt like they were still getting dicked.there accountants kept asking for them to open the books and they didn't want to make a blind deal.like they said it's not about just them, it's about the future players as well.

[Carolina Husker]

Yeah, god forbid these players make 1 million per year vs. 1.5 million per year... that would be a real tragedy, my heart goes out to them.

^^^^

lol not only are you wrong you're just making up numbers to support some weird hatred of players who wont take a pay cut just because they're asked to

[teeray]

^^^^

lol not only are you wrong you're just making up numbers to support some weird hatred of players who wont take a pay cut just because they're asked to

The players have $0 invested in this league. I find ot really hard to feel sorry for guys when I see what cars they are pulling into the stadium in.

I am generally a proponent of unions but they are designed to make sure workers aren't treated unfairly and that is a good thing. But in this case you have millionares worried about not getting enough. Again if they paid for their own teams or had any type of investment that the owners did I would be more sympathetic.

The owners made an offer to show the pertinent documentation to a mutually agreeable third party. Now good enough for the NFLPA.

So give me a fugging break on the "they wouldn't open the books" bullpoo. That whole request was a smoke screen to get them to litigation where they think they can get more money.

[Sam Mills Fan]

"The players have $0 invested in this league."

lol

[Delhommey]

As soon as the players threaten to stop the NFL so that they can make more money, I'll start putting their intentions and salaries under a microscope.

[Nicbsbll2]

"The players have $0 invested in this league."

lol

How is this an 'lol'? The players didn't buy a team, they don't own stock in a team, all they do is work for the team..

[Snake]

I have lost respect for both sides. Oh so you loses a mill but you still keep 8 billion. God you poor soul. This is why rich people should not be allowed to bargain. They are the cheapest people you will ever meet.

Trust me I know I work in a restaurant and see there tips, Or lack there of.

[riddel]

How is this an 'lol'? The players didn't buy a team, they don't own stock in a team, all they do is work for the team..

They've invest 20 years of their lives to becoming an NFL player, not to mention the physical damage their bodies endure playing in the league for an average of 3.5 years.....all the owners did was lay down some cash and buy a team....who really made the investment?

If you know "A" NFL player who has retired, ask them what physical problems they have from playing in the NFL. I know several and not one of them doesn't suffer from some lingering injury and by suffer I mean it limits their physical abilities.

[ncbobcat]

The unions response was very generic compared to the NFLs and seemed to directly contridict the League's response. Someone is lying and I have a feeling it's both.

My prediction is when all the facts come to light is:

-The League isn't in bad shape financially, they want to get back compensation for such a bad deal (for them) in 2006. SOME clubs may be losing money, but the league as a whole is fine.

-The union wanted to go to the courts from the word go and this whole charade was just a PR move to make it 'seem' as if the NFLPA was trying to work things out. The owners did give concessions and the union pushed them all aside to keep the cherry deal brokered in '06.

I called the psychic hotline and they told me so! :)

[jpniner]

They've invest 20 years of their lives to becoming an NFL player, not to mention the physical damage their bodies endure playing in the league for an average of 3.5 years.....all the owners did was lay down some cash and buy a team....who really made the investment?

If you know "A" NFL player who has retired, ask them what physical problems they have from playing in the NFL. I know several and not one of them doesn't suffer from some lingering injury and by suffer I mean it limits their physical abilities.

all done by Free Choice they choose this career path, nobody held a gun to their head and said, 'thou shalt be a football player, now bend over"

They are trying to use coercion against ownership, infringing on their private property rights, into a deal they do not think is economically feasible.

[ncbobcat]

They've invest 20 years of their lives to becoming an NFL player, not to mention the physical damage their bodies endure playing in the league for an average of 3.5 years.....all the owners did was lay down some cash and buy a team....who really made the investment?

If you know "A" NFL player who has retired, ask them what physical problems they have from playing in the NFL. I know several and not one of them doesn't suffer from some lingering injury and by suffer I mean it limits their physical abilities.

Career choice. Nobody forced them to become pro athletes.